📍 1309 Kateri Lane, Wapato, Yakima County, 98951
Wapato Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Wapato, Yakima County. The school has 718 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wapato School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Wapato Middle School enrolls 718 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% Hispanic or Latino, 18% American Indian or Alaska Native and 2.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 549 | 76% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 131 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 2.4% |
| White | 10 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.3% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
680 of the school's 718 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 651 qualify for free lunch and 29 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wapato Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WA-40, state senate district 15, state house district 15.
Wapato Middle School is one of 11 schools in Wapato School District, based in WAPATO, Washington. The district serves 3,198 students district-wide and employs 203 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 718 students, Wapato Middle School is larger than the district average of about 291 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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